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hijackers were threatening to blow up the plane unless they were allowed to speak to mexico's president. no one was hurt. four men are facing charges tonight for stealing the monument dedicated to orioles hall of famer cal ripken. the huge aluminum 8 representing his number was ripped from outside of camden yards last night. surveillance cameras captured video of the men removing the 4-foot monument and placing it in the bed of a pickup truck. the suspects have been identified as 19-year-old matthew rainer and jason stone brenner. 18-year-old patrick reynolds and 19-year-old gary parker, all four face theft and vandalism charges. the monument was recovered. the federal government's fight against the swine flu is going viral. health officials are creating web casts for parents and child care providers, to be urged to reduce the spread of the virus. most people with the swine flu have a mild case and don't

neat treatment. the first 40 million doses should be ready by mid-october. new at 5:30 -- baltimore's favorite swimming superstar just signed a new deal extending his contract with speedo. phelps has endorsed the swimwear since 2001. the new contract runs through 2013. speedo will also donate $10,000 to phelps' charitable phone -- foundation for every world record he sets. phelps says he'll match each donation. speedo gave phelps a $1 million bonus for winning a record eight gold medals at the beijing olympics. maryland's most powerful doppler radar continues to track scattered showers across the region with the majority of the rainfall up to the north of us, up in the pennsylvania area, as a matter of fact, we're going to zoom into the northern sections of what we're talking about. the scattered showers we have in the region basically, well, giving us some pretty heavy rainfall across the area, over the next 36 hours more rain on

tap. the forecast for the next couple of hours -- mostly cloudy, a few showers, temperatures will be in the 70s. complete forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. governor martin o'malley is praising maryland's expanded use of dna samples as a crime-fighting tool. the new law which went into effect last year takes dna samples from people charged with a violent crime instead of only convicted felons. >> they are in a country where -- ( indiscernible ). the merger dna technology with innovative public policy and dedicated law enforcement is to take more violent criminals off our streets and do so before they can harm another human being. >> the governor says 7,800 samples have been taken since the law went into effect in january. he spoke about dna today with students at the university of baltimore's law school. today a special memorial in washington, dc to the victims of united flight 93.

speaker of the house nancy pelosi unveiling a plaque in memory of the victims at the capital today. the plane crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania, september 11th, believed when terrorists hijacked the flight they intended to crash the plane into the capitol. the plot was foiled when passengers on board rushed the cockpit. pelosi said those on board saved not only the lives of those in the capitol but saved a beacon of democracy. friends, family and colleagues gathered today to remember tv news legend walter crofn kite -- cronkite. the pioneering anchorman of the "cbs evening news" from 1962 to 1981 died in july. president obama and former president clinton attended the memorial. clinton says cronkite was a profoundly good human being. >> but in a very tumult wow summer in our personal lives,

1998, we were in martha's vineyard, walter cronkite said i want you to go sailing with us. you and hillary and chelsea. we'll just go out and sail around. he said somebody might take a picture of it but so what. i'll never forget that. at the time i could have done with a picture of walter cronkite. >> he was 92 years old at the time of his death. it's where bernard madoff broke down and confessed to his massive fraud, frantically wrote checks for millions of dollars as his scheme fell apart and appeared in a badge -- bath robe to greet the fbi arrests who arrested him. his penthouse is for sale along with his other homes. linsey davis gives us a tour of the house. >> reporter: posh, lavish, luxurious. madoff's lifestyle just as elaborate as his alleged $65 billion ponzi scheme.

>> your eye is immediately drawn to this piano. >> reporter: u.s. marshals currently doubling as real estate agents offered the latest glimpse into his extravagance, access to billions of dollars of other peoples money afforded him the finer things in life, which he collected in abundance, homes, boats and bulls. >> he named his boats after them. he likes bulls. and here we have a leather one. >> reporter: this two-story penthouse apartment in manhattan where madoff was on house arrest is now up for sale. inside a custom-made mattress in the master bedroom. closets with 40 pairs of handmade belgian shoes. >> this is where madoff spent the last few days of his free life. >> reporter: his beachfront home in the hamptons went on the market last week, asking price of $8.75 million. his 6,500 square foot

waterfront estate in palm beach also for sale, appraised at $7.5 million. >> more money can go back to the victims through the sale. >> reporter: investigators say of the family members, the youngest brother peter is the most likely to face criminal charges in the next round of indictments. >> do you think you will be indicted monday? >> reporter: so far investigators say there's no evidence that ruth madoff played an active role in her husband's scheme. linsey davis, abc news, new york. was it embarrassing or just annoying? >> i am gay, george. >> here it comes. >> i think i'm in love with you. attorney general, please - >> see how george clooney handles this obnoxious fan. and hands off the booming business one couple started because they wanted to keep swine flu germs off their babies. i had chronic muscle pain all over.

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to get this incredible deal. 3 great services, for the price of 2. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v today this is fios. this is big. wall street continues its positive trend. all three major indexes were up today. a couple taking their message about the swine flu and turning it into a small business. their message, hands off my baby, until you wash your hands. as you can imagine these adorable triplets draw lots of attention and their little

hands and feet are just too hard to resist. they say someone will always want to touch the kids but the triplets were born premature and the parents didn't want to take any chances. steve found the solution. he had a friend help him create these rubber signs to hang on the triplets' strollers and car seats. they say wash hands before touching baby. >> you turn on the tv, it's swine flu. you read on the internet, swine flu. wherever you go, swine flu. >> first i want to show them off. how many triplets do you see out there? i just want to make sure that the germs are not spread. >> they say business is booming. if you would like to check out the hands off baby brand head to abc2news.com, click on links mentioned on air. saving the date. 9-9-09. when it comes to brides, what is so fine about nine? and if your dvd player flops in the first year it's under warranty you're covered,

right? what if it fails years later? what to do so you don't waste your money.

would you get married by the numbers? a lot of couples had a date at the altar today. the date being 9-9-09 but what is so fine about nine? abc's carla wohl tells us how it all adds up. >> reporter: in las vegas where numbers mean everything couples are lining up to say their i do's on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 2009. >> 9:00 in the mornings we're on the ninth floor in the 19th room of our motel and it's our ninth year together. >> reporter: pneumoologists believe the number nine signifies life. it's also a prime advertising opportunity for the 99-cent store. where nine couples paid just 99 cents to walk down the

aisle. that scene was repeated from a mountaintop in germany to china where 10,000 couples registered to get married at the city clerk's office in new york. >> nine is the symbol of long lasting chinese tradition. we want as many niens as possible. >> reporter: consider this, if you multiply nine by any single digits the resulting two-digit number adds up to nine. director tim burton's movie "nine" premieres today. then there are the beatles. the root of their fascination with the number nine. >> number nine, number nine. number nine. >> reporter: it's still a mystery. adding to it the release of their highly anticipated rock band video game on 9-9-09. the next single digit date is just around the corner. mark your calendars now for

1-1-11. carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. before we get to the weather we wanted to share this unbelievable video out of turkey. heavy rains lashed instanbul sending flash floods surging across a major highway and commercial district. witnesses say it looked like a wall of water hitting the area picking up 18-wheelers and tossing them around. wow. people don't realize the power of water. you have six inches of water on a highway that is flowing across a highway, you can float an suv with that. i mean, just blow it off the road. it's unbelievable. think about it. you go to the beach and you feel the water coming in against your ankles. then when it goes back out -- it will drag you around. but i tell you what. we've got showers in the area. nothing like what you just saw in turkey. take a look outside now. your shot from harbor cam.

some kids are getting a little playtime there on the swing sets at federal hill. our temperature now at 71 degrees. 66% humidity. winds from the east/northeast at 10 miles per hour. pressure rising 30.14. a coastal flood advisory is in effect. everything that you see in blue is the coastal flood advisory which does include the coastal sections of jersey, delaware as well as maryland and a gale warning behind our abc2 logo. a gale warning is in effect. all the pink there, along the eastern seaboard for high winds and also very high surf. it's going to be taking place over the next 36 hours across the area. because of there coastal storm we've been watching the past couple of days. right now hagerstown 80. 79 pax river. 64 dover. out in the tropics, hurricane fred, winds of 115 miles per hour, off the coast of africa and by the way, that is africa there. there's the united states there. let me show you what the national hurricane center

thinks fred he is going to be doing. making its way into no man's land, in the middle of the atlantic. looks like it's going to become a bit stronger and then just kind of fall apart as an area of low pressure but we'll keep an eye on fred. in the meantime we're also watching this area of low pressure that is tracking along the eastern seaboard. trying to move northward but keeps running into a big block up to the north and being intensified by this area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere, back here in the ohio valley, the two combined together are going to give us pretty strong winds during the day tomorrow which is the whole reason for the gale warning along the eastern seaboard and also the heavy rain and scattered showers across the region. talking about scattered showers -- this is what maryland's most powerful doppler radar has been looking like over the past couple of hours. as you can see the heaviest rainfall now between york and harrisburg. they had pretty good rainfall in cecil county and harford county. also northern baltimore county. more scattered showers are heading in our direction. again, it will be widely scattered across the region. tomorrow the rainfall will be more general across our area and don't forget, you can always go to the web site,

abc2news.com. when you click on the weather tab you get our interactive doppler radar, that you can basically drive yourself on your computer at home. let's take this map and just kind of zoom out a little. show you a wider view. also back in the ohio valley very heavy showers and thunderstorms from southern portions of ohio through the cincinnati area. going down through west virginia. it's a cool tool, available on your computer, again, 24/7. at abc2news.com. as far as our forecast for tonight, the scattered showers that we have around tonight will continue to meander through the region. some people will see them, some won't. tomorrow, more shower activity makes its way into the region. we could see heavier rainfall, also higher winds and again friday scattered showers throughout the area. your forecast for the overnight period -- cloudy skies, scattered showers, 62 for the low. during the day tomorrow showery day with a few thunderstorms possible. gusty winds with a high of 68 degrees. things will start to clear up on friday with a few scattered showers remaining, 72. saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday, looking

pretty good. temperatures in the low 80-degree range. back in a while with more on the weather. >> thank you. if a major electronics purchase fails in the first year it's typically covered by a warranty but what happens if it fails two or three years after you buy it? consumer reporter john matarese has some stunning information about some electronics brands so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: if you're buying a new tv, dvd player or other electronics is price your most important conversation? if so you need to consider what could happen if that new gadget breaks after the warranty is up. with some of them you have to throw them away. >> nice device. >> reporter: ed beckett wanted a portable dvd player to catch up on movies like twilight while traveling. he decided to go with a name brand phillips thinking it would last longer than a no-name player. >> i paid $275 for the thing. what i considered high-end dvd player.

>> reporter: but soon after the one-year warranty ran out ed says his dvd player ended up in a twilight zone of its own, fussing and beeping to get started. then locking up mid-way into movies as if a vampire sucked out its life. >> you get about to track three and then it stops working. >> reporter: he called an authorized phillips repair center but says the center told him - >> there nor internal parts -- are no internal parts we can get you. >> reporter: phillips doesn't have the parts for this chinese made player. a web site calls it disposable and unreparable. >> they feel it's something you discard after a year. >> reporter: i did a report on how many offbrand hdtvs have no offbrand support and are considered disposable. first read opinions.com, consumer reports magazine. they will warn of issues like this.

also, several ones that do have support. no support? consider an extended warranty. he would have qualified for a new unit had his been under warranty. phillips makes many quality electronics items and their hdtvs offer parts and repair support. that's why it's important to do your homework before you buy and check each item so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. you want to save money on energy bills? energy efficiency is the cheapest way to reduce energy use and pollution. they will help you find ways to save energy and money, come to your home. if all maryland households made efficiency improvements it would be like taking 1.2 million cars off the road each year. >> you come in and you look at a home, a lot needs to be done. it's almost partlyizing for a lot of homeownerrers, they don't know where to start and don't want to waste money by

starting in the wrong place. we help to organize a plan of action. >> energy auditing jobs will also be expanding in the next testimony years -- 10 years. if you're ready to start saving, head to abc2news.com and click on "links mentioned on air." for a look ahead to abc2 news at 6:00 -- a 14-year-old girl died after she was electrocuted as a baltimore city park tree years ago. tonight her parents break their silence. and flames race through a baltimore row home. why authorities think it may have been a fire bombing. a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. coming up on world news, details on the president's speech to congress on health care reform. the hubble space telescope sent back its first pictures since its overhaul. and the beatles like you never heard them before.

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a list movie stars live luxurious lifestyles, most have little or nothing to complain about until they run into the occasional crazy fan. just take a look at what happened to george clooney in venice. >> i am gay, george. and - >> here it comes. >> i think i'm in love with you. george, please. take me. choose me, george. please! >> ok - >> choose me. george, may i kiss you, please? >> you stay there, we'll get back to you. >> yes, clooney laughed off the incident but you could tell he was a little annoyed.

the star was in town promoting the new film "the men who stare at goats." a special surprise for students at one local school. details on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts now. the parents of a 14-year-old girl who was electrocuted at a baltimore city park break their silence over her death. good evening, i'm marybeth marsden. as abc2 news jeff hager reports deanna green's family has now gone public claiming no one is willing to take responsibility for her death in druid hill park more than two years ago. >> reporter: she had grasped a chain link fence with her hand to stretch before a church league softball game when a current of electricity ran through her body claiming the life of 14-year-old deanna green. her mother looked on helplessly that night and still lives with that memory each day. >> everyday that goes by i think about her. ev